Edward Baynard to Hans Sloane – July 16, 1698
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Date: July 16, 1698 Author: Edward Baynard Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037 Folio: f. 97
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English
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British Library, London
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Medical, Social
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Baths, Waters
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July 16, 1698
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Bath
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Lady Reeves Lady Onslow
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[fol. 97] Bath July 16th 98 Dear Dr. I am extremely glad to hear that my Lady Reeves is so well. I think the country Aire will this summer time doe her more service, and a continuation of the Course wee directed, since it had so well hitherto agreed with her I thinke requisite if it be allso your sentiments I pray prevaile with her to a perseverance my service to my Lady & my Lady Onslow & the young Ladys and accept the same from your humble servant Edw: Baynard
Baynard writes that he thinks his patients should continue the therapies he had advised previously.
Edward Baynard was a physician, poet, and Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. He was a proponent of cold balneotherapy (Mark S. R. Jenner, Baynard, Edward (1641?1717), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/1771, accessed 19 June 2013]).
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